Posted on 06/04/2019 2:33:41 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) sued the city of San Antonio Monday for documents relating to its decision to block Chick-fil-A from its airport.
The lawsuit seeks emails and internal communications from city employees and city council members relating to the Chick-fil-A contract. City Council Member Roberto Trevino, who introduced the proposal blocking the chain as an airport vendor, cited its “legacy of anti-LGBTQ behavior,” promoting Texas Republicans to accuse the city of violating the company’s religious liberty.
“The City of San Antonio claims that it can hide documents because it anticipates being sued,” Paxton said in a statement Monday. “But we’ve simply opened an investigation using the Public Information Act. If a mere investigation is enough to excuse the City of San Antonio from its obligation to be transparent with the people of Texas, then the Public Information Act is a dead letter. The city’s extreme position only highlights its fear about allowing any sunshine on the religious bigotry that animated its decision.”
San Antonio City Attorney Andy Segovia told the Austin American-Statesman that Paxton’s rhetoric indicated he was incapable of conducting an impartial investigation.
“It is clear from the strident comments in his press release that any ‘investigation’ would be a pretense to justify his own conclusions,” Segovia said, adding that Paxton has not provided details of what specific authority was the basis for his investigation of the airport contract.
Paxton initially made the Texas Public Information Act request, which city officials denied, April 11, saying they were authorized to withhold documents that could be involved in future lawsuits. The Federal Aviation Administration announced last week it is also investigation the discrimination claims.
Paxton’s lawsuit argued that allowing the city an exemption on these grounds would neutralize the Public Information Act.
“If the city prevails here, then the public would be precluded from ever requesting any information whenever a government actor says that there may be a legal dispute at some point,” the lawsuit states.
Segovia countered that Paxton’s office sued while a decision on whether San Antonio was eligible for an exemption was still pending.
“Instead of allowing the routine process take its course, the AG decided to sue and not wait for a decision from his own department,” Segovia said, according to the American-Statesman.
“Sorry, Ken, all those documents were lost overboard in a tragic rafting accident at New Braunfels during the HilLIARy appreciation picnic
Love and kisses
City of San Antone
Why didn’t he just allege a criminal act, issue a warrant and send the SWAT Team to Raid City Hall???
Thanks, there, AG Paxton - shittie residents need to be reminded of what Mayor Nirenberg did...just before the run-off election! Damn, I hope that scumbag loses - he campaigned as a non-partisan, but killed the RNC convention in 2020 (which would have brought in a couple hundred million dollars) and then goes and boots a San Antonio icon, and damned fine chicken place, from SAT (where it is needed, trust me). Lose, scumbag, LOSE!
Sunshine laws, public information acts, etc. Public records of correspondence cannot be destroyed or hidden from public perusal.
Yep, put a bit of sunlight on that. If it hurts, someone is hiding criminal activity in San Antonio government.
This is pure violation of civil rights not to allow CFA equal opportunity.
GOOD on our Texas AG.
Yours, TMN78247
Why would the AG need to sue the city to get the documents? He’s the main guy that issues opinions defining what the law actually means.
Big mayoral runoff election on Saturday. The Rat’s favored incumbent claimed in debates it was only about chick fil a being closed on Sundays. Rats need to hide the evidence that he was lying til after the election.
These liberals are plain stupid... if they wanted to ban Chick-fil-A they could have just required 7 day operation...
Actually, Chic-fil-A was NOT going to close on Sundays at SAT. - Instead they intended to hire Jews & 7th Day Adventists for Sundays, as the contract requirements to bid as a vendor of the airport requires being open 7 days each week..
That’s another of the MANY DIMocRATS “tapestry of lies” that were told by our LYING LEFTIST city council.
Yours, TMN78247
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